Word: allowable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whole of three years work, in the space of ten days. On the outcome of these the whole of my degree classification depended. Was it enlightened--in giving me three years free of pressure to pursue my studies in the round, indulge a host of extra-curricular activities and allow me to become a "civilised citizen"--or barbaric, in inflicting what must be close to the ultimate in physical and intellectual pressure...
...calls them animals, bums and cockroaches-have formed an unusual coalition that gives new meaning to the phrase City of Brotherly Love. The mayor has brought them all together by pushing for approval at the Nov. 7 election of a change in the city's charter that would allow him to run for a third term next year. His opponents include the Black United Front Against Charter Change, the liberal Committee to Protect the Charter and the businessmen's Committee for the Defense of the Charter. Says Banker R. Stuart Rauch Jr.: "Rizzo is a master at fragmenting...
...Spacelab is a special experimental station designed to allow scientists to collect data in the weightless, pressureless atmosphere of outer space using their own equipment...
...Tower is portrayed as the fearless defender of "our fellow Texans against the forces moving to destroy America's economic, social and moral values": the "Eastern Labor Bosses," the big government spenders, the supporters of the Panama Canal treaties and busing, and the opponents of a constitutional amendment to allow prayer in public schools. Here at least Tower is truthful. In his 17 years in the Senate, he has spoken as the obstructionist, the perennial naysayer. He has never authored any major piece of legislation...
Students play roles of varying importance in educational change. Most schools allow students to serve on committees forming the curricular proposals, but rarely do students initiate any changes. Student reaction to new requirements ranges from annoyance to disinterest to quiet praise. One student at Harper says sarcastically of the proposed requirements there, "Some people are under the impression that this is going to be an Ivy League college someday." A student at Syracuse said his college's plan would lead to a "ridiculous, arbitrary core." But student newspapers at Stanford and Northwestern lauded proposals there...